For starters, Tenet finally makes its long-awaited HBO Max this month. Mark your calendars as May 1 is the day that you can finally watch Christopher Nolan’s latest cerebral thriller. Of course, Tenet already had its theatrical release, but obviously that was not really an option for many of us. In addition to Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984 makes its triumphant return to HBO Max this month on May 13. The Wonder Woman sequel already premiered on HBO Max this past December, now it’s getting a second run on the streamer. In terms of newer originals, May is relatively light for HBO Max. The Jean Smart-starring comedy Hacks premieres on May 13. The latest Adventure Time: Distant Lands special arrives on May 20. May also contains two prominent finales with The Nevers closing out part 1 of its first season on May 15 and Mare of Easttown wrapping up its case on May 30. It’s also not a big month for Warner Bros. theatrical releases. The only one to speak of is Those Who Wish Me Dead on May 14. Thankfully that will be augmented by some library titles on May 1 including The Interview, Jackie Brown, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

HBO Max New Releases – May 2021

TBAGomorrah, Season 4 (Max Original)Oslo, (HBO Original Film) May 117 Again, 2009Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, 2012 (HBO)Anaconda, 1997Anger Management, 2003 (HBO)Baby Boom, 1987 (HBO)Barry Lyndon, 1975Black Hawk Down, 2001The Cable Guy, 1996Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005Cursed, 2005 (HBO)Daddy Day Care, 2003Darkest Hour, 2017 (HBO)Darkness, 2004 (Extended Version) (HBO)The Dirty Dozen, 1967Dumb & Dumber, 1994Employee Of The Month, 2006 (HBO)Firehouse Dog, 2007 (HBO)Flight of the Intruder, 1991 (HBO)Free Willy, 1993Frida, 2002 (HBO)Generation Por Que? (HBO)God’s Not Dead, 2014 (HBO)Good Morning, Vietnam, 1987 (HBO)Happy Feet Two, 2011Happy Feet, 2006Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man, 1991 (HBO)Hercules, 1983 (HBO)Igby Goes Down, 2002 (HBO)Igor, 2008 (HBO)Insomnia, 2002 (HBO)The Interview, 2014Jackie Brown, 1997Kansas, 1988 (HBO)Magic Mike, 2012Menace II Society, 1993Michael, 1996 (HBO)Mortal Kombat, 1995Movie 43, 2013 (HBO)Muriel’s Wedding, 1995 (HBO)My Baby’s Daddy, 2004 (HBO)Mystery Date, 1991 (HBO)Norbit, 2007 (HBO)Para Rosa (For Rosa) (HBO)Precious, 2009 (HBO)Rabid, 1977 (HBO)Romance & Cigarettes, 2007 (HBO)Rosewater, 2014 (HBO)Rudy, 1993Rush Hour 2, 2001Rush Hour 3, 2007Rush Hour, 1998Save The Last Dance, 2001 (HBO)Save The Last Dance 2, 2006 (HBO)Senseless, 1998 (HBO)Separate Tables, 1958 (HBO)Serpico, 1974 (HBO)Serving Sara, 2002 (HBO)Summer Rental, 1985 (HBO)Tenet, 2020 (HBO)The Debt, 2010 (HBO)The Immigrant, 2014 (HBO)The Kingdom, 2007 (HBO)The Last Of The Finest, 1990 (HBO)The Perfect Man, 2005 (HBO)The Tuxedo, 2002 (HBO)The Wings Of The Dove, 1997 (HBO)The Witches Of Eastwick, 1987 (HBO)Tomcats, 2001 (HBO)Trust Me, 2014 (HBO)Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection, 2012Varsity Blues, 1999 (HBO)Welcome To Sarajevo, 1997 (HBO)When Harry Met Sally, 1989Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, 2018 (HBO)Words And Pictures, 2014 (HBO) May 2Uri and Ella, Season 1 May 3300: Rise of an Empire, 2014Pray, Obey, Kill — HBO Docu-Series Finale May 6Hunger, 2008Legendary: Season 2 (Max Original)Take Me Out To The Ball Game, 1949That Damn Michael Che — Max Original Series PremiereWest Side Story — TCM CFF Opening Night, 1961 May 8Greenland, 2020 (HBO)Re:ZERO — Starting Life in Another World: Season 2, (Subtitled, Episodes 14-25) (Crunchyroll Collection) May 9Axios (HBO) May 10Jujutsu Kaisen: Season 1, (Subtitled, Episodes 13-24) (Crunchyroll Collection)Race for the White House: Season 2The Crime of the Century — Two-Part Documentary Premiere (HBO) May 13Hacks — Max Original Series PremiereWonder Woman 1984 — 2020 (HBO) May 14Those Who Wish Me Dead — Warner Bros. Film Premiere, 2021 May 19Apple & Onion, Season 2A May 20Adventure Time: Distant Lands – Together Again — Max OriginalThe Big Shot with Bethenny — Max Original Season FinaleEllen’s Next Great Designer — Max Original Season FinaleTerritorio (Close Quarters) (HBO)This Is Life with Lisa Ling: Season 7 May 23In Treatment: Season 4 Premiere (HBO) May 25Cinderella Man, 2005 (HBO)Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO) May 26Curious George, 2006 (HBO) May 30Mare of Easttown: Limited Series Finale (HBO)

Leaving HBO Max – May 2021

May 11Mud, 2013 May 13Bullitt, 1968The Searchers, 1956Take Me Out To The Ball Game, 1949West Side Story, 1961 May 16Annabelle Comes Home, 2019 (HBO) May 23Mortal Kombat, 2021 May 31All About My Mother, 1999All the President’s Men, 1976Amistad, 1997 (HBO)The Avengers, 1998The Beguiled, 2017 (HBO)The Bishop’s Wife, 1947Black Christmas, 2019 (HBO)The Blind Side, 2009 (HBO)Blood Work, 2002Blue Streak, 1999Bombshell, 1933The Book Of Henry, 2011 (HBO)Book Of Shadows: The Blair Witch 2, 2000The Bridges Of Madison County, 1995Butterfield 8, 1960Captain Blood, 1935Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, 1958Cats, 2019 (HBO)The Cider House Rules, 1999 (HBO)Cinema Paradiso, 1990 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)Cradle 2 The Grave, 2003Critical Care, 1997 (HBO)Cruel Intentions, 1999 (HBO)The Dancer Upstairs, 2003 (HBO)Dangerous Liaisons, 1988The Dead Don’t Die, 2019 (HBO)The Dead Pool, 1988Death Becomes Her, 1992 (HBO)Defending Your Life, 1991Dirty Dancing, 1987 (HBO)Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, 2004 (HBO)Dolores Claiborne, 1995Doubt, 2008 (HBO)Downhill, 2020 (HBO)Driving Miss Daisy, 1989Drop Dead Gorgeous, 1999East Of Eden, 1955Emma, 1996 (HBO)Emma., 2020 (HBO)A Face In The Crowd, 1957Father Of The Bride, 1950Flipped, 2010Giant, 1956Heartbreak Ridge, 1986Hot Fuzz, 2007 (HBO)Hunger, 2008Jaws, 1975 (HBO)Jaws 2, 1978 (HBO)Jetsons: The Movie, 1990 (HBO)Justice League: Gods And Monsters, 2015A Kiss Before Dying, 1991 (HBO)The Last King Of Scotland, 2006 (HBO)The Last Kiss, 2006 (HBO)Lego: Justice League: Attack Of The Legion Of Doom!, 2015Life As We Know It, 2010Life With Father, 1947Little Women, 1949Living Out Loud, 1998The Long Kiss Goodnight, 1996Magnum Force, 1973March Of The Penguins, 2005The Matrix Reloaded, 2003The Matrix Revolutions, 2003The Matrix, 1999Maverick, 1994Misery, 1990 (HBO)Mortal Kombat, 1995Mortal Kombat Annihilation, 1997Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, 2020Nell, 1994 (HBO)Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always, 2020 (HBO)Papillon, 1973A Patch Of Blue, 1965Phantom, 2013 (HBO)Phantom Thread, 2017 (HBO)Project X, 2012 (Extended Version) (HBO)Ray, 2004 (HBO)Richie Rich (Movie), 1994A Room With A View, 1986 (HBO)Sanctum, 2011 (HBO)Scream, 1996Scream 2, 1997Scream 3, 2000Se7En, 1995Selena, 1997Shaun Of The Dead, 2004 (HBO)Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows, 2011 (HBO)Skyline, 2010 (HBO)Snakes On A Plane, 2006Snow White And The Huntsman, 2012 (Unrated Version) (HBO)Stuart Little, 1999Stuart Little 2, 2002The Thin Man, 1934Tightrope, 1984True Grit, 2010 (HBO)Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family, 2011Unforgiven, 1992Veronica Mars, 2014Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, 2007Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, 1966X-Men: Dark Phoenix, 2019 (HBO)X-Men: First Class, 2011 (HBO)You Can’t Take It With You, 1938